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Week in Review

January 20, 2007
(Page 5 of 5)

"The only reason to finish the race is to prove you can be at the next start line."

Charles Sayles, a 69-year-old Glendale resident, on finishing his 79th marathon Sunday in Houston, Texas.

"It's kind of like a blind date. It's very difficult to find someone who will sign on to a job where you don't really know who you will work with."

Linda Evans, Crescenta Valley High School co-principal, on the district bringing in a new co-principal.

"It's just good to know about peace and love. Even though they sound a little cliché, it's true."

— Glendale High School student Elya Papoyan on the importance of Yellow Ribbon Week.

"For us, we do run into situations where kids are afraid of us. We put our turnouts on and our breathers and we don't look like everyone else. So part of it is showing them that … I'm still the same person underneath and it's somebody that they can trust and not be afraid of if they're in a situation where a fireman is coming to save them."

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— Los Angeles firefighter David Flynn on why its beneficial to visit elementary schools.

"Well, don't you want your eyes?"

— Second-grader Desi DiPaolo in response to L.A. firefighter David Flynn telling students he would "cry his eyes out" if a fellow firefighter was killed.

"Los Angeles County is better for [having] that organization, and it's better because it was led by Randy Adams this past year."

— Los Angeles District Atty. Steve Cooley on Glendale Police Chief Randy Adams' tenure as the president of the L.A. County Police Chiefs' Assn.

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